“The more clearly we can focus our attention on
the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we
shall have for destruction.”
-Rachel Carson
If you ask somebody about Rachel Carson, you will see that she cannot simply be labeled with one title. Born on the 27th of May in 1907, Rachel Carson was an ecologist, a biologist, a conservationist, and also a writer. She is famous for her book Silent Springs.
She was known to write on the topics of conservation and natural resources. Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. After this, Carson turned her attention to conservation and environmental problems caused by pesticides. Rachel Carson was a woman who helped advance the global environmental movement and will always be remembered.
